Large Vs. Small Universities

Lisa R. Parker

Whether you are a senior in high school picking out a college or already an underclassman at a university and looking to transfer, you still want to be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of your size school. I went to a state university that had over 46,000 students, but […]

A Brief History of Online Education

Lisa R. Parker

The internet has given us many gifts throughout the years – from music and video game codes to not so G-rated material. Therefore, it is no surprise that e-learning has made such a big splash in the web world. Within the past ten years, online education and internet training has […]

The Kepler Space Telescope’s Supernova Surprise

Lisa R. Parker

Supernovae are stellar blasts that herald the deaths of stars, and they can be so brilliant that they may briefly out-dazzle their entire host galaxy. A particular class of supernovae, called Type Ia, proved to be a critical tool in the important discovery of the dark energy–a mysterious force that […]

The Mysterious Magnetic Personality Of Our Star

Lisa R. Parker

Our Solar System emerged about 4.56 billion years ago from the mixed remnants still lingering from the long-dead, nuclear-fusing searing-hot cores of earlier generations of ancient stars. Our Sun was born the same way as other stars of its generation–from a dense frigid blob tenderly tucked within the billowing, undulating […]